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	Spiraea x billardii  Hort. ex K.KOCH

Fam.: Rosaceae / Rose Fam.

Hybrid formula (parents):  Spiraea douglasii  HOOK.  x  Spiraea salicifolia  L.

Genus:  Spiraea  L.

Authors:
	Hort.:		hortulanorum = name coined by gardeners but never properly published
	K.KOCH:		Karl Heinrich Emil Ludwig Koch (1809 - 1879), German botanist who worked in the Caucasus region
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	HOOK.:		William Jackson Hooker (1785 - 1865), English botanist

Etymology:
	Spiraea:		speira = winding (fruits)
	billardii:		Jacques-Julien Houtton de la Billardiére (1755 - 1834), French ambassador and explorer
	douglasii:		David Douglas (1799 - 1834), Scottish explorer (DOUGLAS)
	salicifolia:		willow-leaved

Fig. 1:  Spiraea x billardii / Billard's Meadowsweet A Turrach 22.7.2007

Fig. 2:  Spiraea x billardii / Billard's Meadowsweet A Turrach 22.7.2007

Fig. 3:  Spiraea x billardii / Billard's Meadowsweet A Turrach 22.7.2007

Fig. 4:  Spiraea x billardii / Billard's Meadowsweet A Turrach 22.7.2007

Fig. 5:  Spiraea x billardii / Billard's Meadowsweet A Turrach 22.7.2007

Fig. 6:  Spiraea x billardii / Billard's Meadowsweet D Black-Forest, Baiersbronn 18.8.2013

Fig. 7:  Spiraea x billardii / Billard's Meadowsweet D Black-Forest, Baiersbronn 18.8.2013

Fig. 8:  Spiraea x billardii / Billard's Meadowsweet D Black-Forest, Baiersbronn 18.8.2013

Fig. 9:  Spiraea x billardii / Billard's Meadowsweet D Monschau 27.7.2020

Fig. 10:  Spiraea x billardii / Billard's Meadowsweet D Monschau 27.7.2020

Fig. 11:  Spiraea x billardii / Billard's Meadowsweet D Monschau 27.7.2020

Fig. 12:  Spiraea x billardii / Billard's Meadowsweet D Monschau 27.7.2020

Fig. 13:  Spiraea x billardii / Billard's Meadowsweet D Spessart, Linsengericht-Eidengesäß 20.6.2020

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